[robin]

So what has changed socially for women since I was at Stanford?  Sororities have returned to campus, more girls get "blackout" from excessive alcohol intake, and most students have a camera with them at all times they can use to communicate with virtual immediacy and -- due to software advances of which I was not aware until yesterday when I read this post's  replies, apparently with anonymity. A photo of the breast of a girl who has "blacked out" circulated among male swim team members using the digital network that is the Internet?  The availability of Internet porn may be the single most important change that has occurred since the mid-1970s.  Like Justice Potter Stewart we all know obscenity when we see it; a photo of the breast of a girl who may have been unconscious upon exposure is obscene.

If women cannot be dissuaded from drinking themselves to unconsciousness maybe at least our university can eliminate easy means and opportunity for sexual violence by male students. When on-campus sexual violence is alleged and/or observed by Stanford students who are not in a position to "press charges" the university needs to investigate means and opportunity by expanding its definition of victim.

"Emily Doe's" rescuers should not have had to witness the tragic scene they witnessed outside an on-campus, all-male organization that apparently makes handles available to female party attendees. While I was at Stanford I lived in Lambda Nu (now "Jerry"), the house that is next door to Kappa Alpha. 2015 was not the first year this fraternity has hosted such a party. I do not believe recalling judges who rely on reports of trained probation departments will not restore the balance needed to cope with recent social changes.  Ending Stanford's Greek System might. Mark Bessen sounded the warning in 2014; I think Stanford's board needs to show it can listen to concerned students, not just alumni who threaten to depledge funds.

[robin]

So what has changed socially for women since I was at Stanford?  Sororities have returned to campus, more girls get "blackout" from excessive alcohol intake, and most students have a camera with them at all times they can use to communicate with virtual immediacy and -- due to software advances of which I was not aware until yesterday when I read this post's  replies, apparently with anonymity. A photo of the breast of a girl who has "blacked out" circulated among male swim team members using the digital network that is the Internet?  The availability of Internet porn may be the single most important change that has occurred since the mid-1970s.  Like Justice Potter Stewart we all know obscenity when we see it; a photo of the breast of a girl who may have been unconscious upon exposure is obscene.

If women cannot be dissuaded from drinking themselves to unconsciousness maybe at least our university can eliminate easy means and opportunity for sexual violence by male students. When on-campus sexual violence is alleged and/or observed by Stanford students who are not in a position to "press charges" the university needs to investigate means and opportunity by expanding its definition of victim.

"Emily Doe's" rescuers should not have had to witness the tragic scene they witnessed outside an on-campus, all-male organization that apparently makes handles available to female party attendees. While I was at Stanford I lived in Lambda Nu (now "Jerry"), the house that is next door to Kappa Alpha. 2015 was not the first year this fraternity has hosted such a party. I do not believe recalling judges who rely on reports of trained probation departments will not restore the balance needed to cope with recent social changes.  Ending Stanford's Greek System might. Mark Bessen sounded the warning in 2014; I think Stanford's board needs to show it can listen to concerned students, not just alumni who threaten to depledge funds.